Qantas to Increase A380 Flights to Los Angeles and London
Qantas is to increase its Airbus A380 services between Australia and both the UK and US from early June 2009. The increase will follow the delivery of the fourth Qantas A380 in May. From 7 June, Qantas will operate five A380 services each week from Sydney to London. Increasing from three per week,...
Qantas Launches G’Day USA Fare Sale
LOS ANGELES–To celebrate the launch of the sixth annual G’Day USA Australia Week 2009, Qantas Airways is offering sale air fares starting from $380 (each way, based on round trip purchase) for travel to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from Los Angeles and San Francisco and from $480 each way from...
China Airlines to launch new flights for South Korea and Australia
News from China Airlines is that it will launch several international flights linking Taiwan with South Korea’s Taegu and Kwangju and Cheongju, as well as Cairnes in Australia. The flight service linking Kaohsiung in Taiwan with South Korea’s Cheongju has been launched on December 26, and will...
SAA puts premium aircraft on Australian route
SYDNEY: South African Airways has introduced its newest aircraft, the Airbus A340-600, onto the Perth to Johannesburg route. According to SAA’s Head of Australasia, Thevan Krishna, the new aircraft began operating five times a week from Perth early this month, significantly adding to the airline’s...
Emirates vows to continue support for agents
Emirates Airline’s Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, East Asia and Australasia, Richard Vaughan has vowed continued support for the agency network, saying the airline has no further plans to cut commissions. “Emirates genuinely value and appreciate the agency network,” Mr Vaughan told...
BA and Qantas fined in Australia
British Airways and Qantas have been fined by the Australian competition authorities for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix air cargo charges. Both carriers have already been fined heavily by the US justice department for their cartel activities in the cargo sector and have had former...
Jetstar launches Bali flights as terror alert increased
JETSTAR has launched its inaugural service from Perth to Bali amid fresh warnings from Australia’s foreign affairs department about travel to Indonesia. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith yesterday advised Australians to check official travel advice before travelling to Bali. The Department of Foreign...
Australia: Go to Bali at your own risk – Smith
Australia : The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) updated its travel advice for Indonesia on Friday, warning the imminent executions would compound an already significant terrorism risk. It followed an Indonesian Government announcement that day that the executions will be carried out in...
Specially designed ‘jammers’ can allow mobile use on flights
The Government agency that controls telecommunication in Australia has proposed allowing air passengers to use mobiles on aeroplanes. The proposal from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) came after a recent 18-month trial showed that specially designed systems could be used without...
Virgin Blue expands services to Western Australia
Virgin Blue Group of Airlines will step up its commitment to Western Australia with the launch of two new destinations along with an additional flight between Perth and Broome. The carrier will begin flights to two destinations of WA – launching daily direct services between Perth and Newman and...
Push to let passengers use mobiles during flights
The end-of-flight clamour for mobile phones is set to subside thanks to a government move to allow passengers to use their phones during flights. The Australian Communications and Media Authority wants to allow airlines to install mobile phone transmission equipment in planes, based on a nine-month trial...
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad recorded 35 % passenger growth in 2008
Abu Dhabi’s state-owned Etihad Airways said on Monday it recorded 33 percent passenger growth in the first nine months of 2008, during which it added four destinations. The Abu Dhabi-based airline carried 4.4 million passengers across its network of current 48 destinations, compared to 3.3 million...
Australia’s Qantas begins selling first super-jumbo tickets
Australia‘s national airline Qantas on Monday began selling tickets for its maiden Airbus A380 flight as it prepared to receive its first super-jumbo plane, it said. The flag carrier, which has ordered 20 of the world’s biggest aircraft, said it would launch its first A380 flight from Melbourne...
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